Words to minutes

How many minutes is 100 words?

Q: How many minutes is 100 words?

At 150 words per minute, 100 words takes 40 sec. At 110 WPM (Eulogy) it takes 55 sec. At 150 WPM (Conversational) it takes 40 sec. At 155 WPM (Audiobook) it takes 39 sec. At 165 WPM (Commercial) it takes 36 sec.

100 words takes 40 sec to say at a conversational 150 words per minute. The editor below is pre-filled with 100 placeholder words. Replace them with your own script to see its exact time.

Your script

100 words

Speaking time

0 minutes 40 seconds

at 150 words per minute

Pace

EulogyDeliberate · 110 WPMConversationalYouTube · 150 WPMAudiobookNarration · 155 WPMCommercialFast ad read · 165 WPM

Ad-buy limits

15s TV Spot25 secs over limit
30s Radio Spot10 secs over limit
60s Radio SpotFits 60s Spot

100 words at different speaking speeds

Style	Pace	Time
Eulogy (Deliberate)	110 WPM	55 sec
Conversational (YouTube)	150 WPM	40 sec
Audiobook (Narration)	155 WPM	39 sec
Commercial (Fast ad read)	165 WPM	36 sec

How long is 100 words on the page?

100 words is roughly 0.2 single-spaced pages, or 0.4double-spaced pages. Reading silently is faster than speaking, so use the speaking times above whenever the words will be said out loud.

Other word counts

Need something else? The full script timer has presets for every pace and ad-spot length.